Soviet Military Objectives in the Artic Theater and How They Might be Attained.

This Research Memorandum discusses the USSR's wartime objectives in the Arctic Theater of Military Action (TVD), and lays out a plausible Soviet strategic approach to the problem of attaining them during a war fought entirely with conventional weapons. The memorandum argues that the Soviets bel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petersen,Charles C
Other Authors: CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1986
Subjects:
Government and Political Science
Military Operations
Strategy and Tactics
*THEATER LEVEL OPERATIONS
*ARCTIC REGIONS
WEAPONS
USSR
CONTROL
WARFARE
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
MILITARY DOCTRINE
CANADA
GAIN
BERING STRAIT
*Military Objectives
PE65154N
Arctic
Bering Strait
Canada
Greenland
Norway
Iceland
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA175359
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA175359
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Summary:This Research Memorandum discusses the USSR's wartime objectives in the Arctic Theater of Military Action (TVD), and lays out a plausible Soviet strategic approach to the problem of attaining them during a war fought entirely with conventional weapons. The memorandum argues that the Soviets believe it necessary to gain control of the entire Arctic TVD--an area substantially larger in their definition than that commonly designated in the West, reaching as far south as the Greenland-Iceland-Norway Gap, the Canadian Arctic passages, and the Bering Strait. These choke points and adjacent littorals such as Norway--all of Norway, not just its northern end-will play a key role in determining the outcome of the struggle for mastery of the theater, and the memorandum argues that the Soviets will attempt their seizure and blockade as the war opens. Keywords: military doctrine; strategic analysis.

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